Daily Archives: July 26, 2005

The Websnark guy has discovered a treasure trove of old-time radio, advertisements and all. Here’s the part of his review that nearly had me spewing my afternoon coffee through my nose…

I’m within two episodes of biting the bullet and converting my apartment to coal heat — it’s so economical and healthful, and provides a steady warmth that only the finest of Pennsylvania’s anthracite could — but only if it’s Blue coal, where every carful is laboratory tested and a harmless blue coating is applied right at the mine so you and I can tell quality blue coal when we see it!

According to CNN, Mel Gibson’s next big movie is going have all of the dialogue in ancient Mayan.

Aramaic? Sure. A biblical picture in Aramaic you can get away with. I somehow doubt that there’s as much of a built-in audience for this one. On the other hand, it’s not quite as eccentric as Crispin Glover’s “What Is It?“, a movie where all of the actors have Down’s Syndrome.